Brucio nel vento

Jan 18, 2002

1h 58m

★ 5.8

Overview

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married and has a daughter.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Albachiara

RAI Cinema

Vega Film

RSI

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Cast

Tobias Horvath

Ivan Franěk

Line

Barbara Lukešová

Janek

Ctirad Götz

Yolanda

Caroline Baehr

Eve

Cécile Pallas

Pavel

Petr Forman

Katy

Zuzana Mauréry

Christoph

Pavel Anděl

Tobias' mother

Jitka Ježková

Tobias' father

Jaromír Dulava

Vera

Monika Hilmerová

Analyst

Roland Vouilloz

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